Social Networks Only Burning Man Stands Between Diaspora, the Open Source Facebook, and Its Public Launch The team behind Diaspora, the open source alternative to Facebook that got a lot of high-profile press during Facebook's privacy controversies earlier this year, announced today that it is on track to launch the first open source version of its social network on the 15th of September. Just as soon as two of its members get back from the Burning… Social Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
How-To How to Search Twitter List Archives Twitter lists are a beautiful thing, a great way to gather together expert opinion on any topic. If you thought Twitter's own search was bad at retrieving archival conversations, though, is archival search of Twitter lists too much to dream of? It may not be anymore, thanks to a startup called Nsyght. Nsyght has been around for a few years… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
StartUp 101 Strategy Roundtable: 85-90% Of Search Traffic Comes From Organic Search This week's roundtable, co-hosted with Volusion, was focused on e-commerce entrepreneurs, and needless to say, one of the key topics of discussion was customer acquisition via search engine marketing. First up was Andy Humphrey for EcoMowers.com, an e-commerce company that is already at $500,000 annual revenue selling eco-friendly push… Sramana Mitra View comments
News Revolt! Angry Digg Users Want Their Baby Back Yesterday we reported on the launch of Digg's latest iteration of it's social news platform. Due to server problems that hampered much of Digg's functionality (including commenting), many users chose to voice their opinions here on ReadWriteWeb. Yesterday we asked you to let us know how you felt about the new Digg, and boy did you ever. The vast… Chris Cameron View comments
Government War Against God: This Week in Online Tyranny Shiva Nazar Ahari is said to be facing a charge of moharebeh. Ahari is a blogger, human rights activist and editor of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters website, currently imprisoned in Iran. Moharebeh is an Islamic legal term meaning warring against God. In Iran it is a death-penalty offense. Using God as a tool for imprisoning and… Curt Hopkins View comments